It should be noted that while Rochester’s graduation requirements are based on a semester course load of 16 credits, many, if not most, science majors carry a typical course load of 17-21 credits per semester. D is a junior and has never taken fewer than 17 credits per semester. She’ll graduate with a double-major in public health and microbiology next year, with approximately 170 credit hours thanks to AP credits that were accepted and a summer spent working on campus and taking physics after her freshman year. Writing requirements are built into the bio major requirements and because of how clusters are designed, there shouldn’t be a problem covering social science requirements as part of the student’s clusters.
Also, double majors tend to be the norm rather than the exception among the students I’ve met at Rochester, with the exception of engeneering students…and even some of them have double majors and minors. The flexible curriculum lends itself to that.